Wikipedia:WikiProject Black History in Canada Tasklist

The task list on this page was developed as part of a Black History Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in 2021. It focuses on the vast African and Afro-Caribbean histories in Canada.

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Article	Brief description	Sources	Status
Anna Minerva Henderson	First Canadian-born Black woman to publish book of poetry.	New Brunswick Black History Society; Database of Canada's Early Women Writers; Canadian Literature (full PDF available); Editing as a Cultural Practice in Canada.	Created
Black Settlement Burial Ground	Resting place of many Black loyalists.	New Brunswick Black History Society; CBC; Directions Home (page 41)	Created
The Bohee Brothers	Musical duo from 19th century.	The Blues Encyclopedia (page 135); New Brunswick Black History Society; University of Lincoln; The Royal Parks	Created
Eleanor Collins	First Black artist in North America to host national TV broadcast.	The Canadian Encyclopedia; BC Black History Awareness Society; CBC	Created
Emma Stark	First Black teacher in Vancouver Island, daughter of Sylvia Stark	BC Black History Awareness Society; Salt Spring Island Archive; On Their Own (page 65); Digital Museums Canada	Created
Fred Hodges (politician)	First Black New Brunswicker to be a city councillor.	New Brunswick Black History Society; University of New Brunswick; New Brunswick Provincial Archives	Created
George Hector (musician)	One of New Brunswick's most influential country musicians.	New Brunswick Black History Society; Ethnologies (page 255 to 256)	Not started
Hartley Gosline	One of first Black RCMP officers.	New Brunswick Black History Society; Global News	Created
John Craven Jones	First teacher on Salt Sprint Island.	BC Black History Awareness Society; Digital Museums Canada; Salt Spring Archives; Contesting Rural Space (page 165); Sylvia Stark, a Pioneer (page 52)	Not started
Ralph Thomas (activist)	New Brunswick Amateur Boxing Association's first president.	New Brunswick Black History Society; National Post	Not started
Marlene Green	Activist and founder of the Black Education Project in 1960s.	Ryerson University Archived 2021-03-15 at the Wayback Machine; NOW Magazine; York University PhD Dissertation (page 258); The Canadian Encyclopedia (brief mention)	Created
Nancy Morton	Enslaved woman who brought case against slave owners.	New Brunswick Black History Society; Virtual Museum Canada; CBC	Created
Order-in-Council P.C. 1911-1324	Proposed ban on Black immigration to Canada.	The Canadian Encyclopedia; Library and Archives Canada; Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21	Created
Phyllis Marshall	Singer, pianist and actress active in Toronto; Juno Award winner.	CBC; Ontario Jewish Archives; The Canadian Encyclopedia; Google Books search results	Created
Sandwich First Baptist Church	Significant stop along Underground Railroad.	Ontario Heritage Trust; Tourism Windsor Essex; Parks Canada	Created
Victoria Pioneer Rifle Corps (British Columbia)	All-Black militia (mid-19th century).	Digital Museums Canada; BC Black History Awareness Society; Government of Canada; The Orca	Started
Walter Peters	First Canadian-born Black jet pilot in RCAF.	New Brunswick Black History Society; The Globe and Mail; CBC	Not started
Harry Jerome Awards	Awards that celebrate Black achievement in Canada.		Created
Arlington Franklin Dungy	Canadian dentist, one of the first Black graduates from U of T Faculty of Dentistry.	uOttawa Faculty of Medicine; U of T Dentistry; uOttawa Scholarships; Dental Journal 1976 Jul;42(7):356-7; Indigenous Works; The Ottawa Citizen (15 June 2006: 27); The Globe and Mail (05 May 2016: S5)	Created
Roy Perry (Dentist)	Canadian dentist, heavily involved in municipal politics. First Black Alderman in Windsor.	Windsor Mosaic: Early Period in Municipal Politics; Windsor Mosaic: Doctors; Cleveland Call and Post (1958, Dec 06: 4_A); New York Times (30 Nov 1958: 7); Los Angeles Sentinel (25 June 1964: A8); Michigan Chronicle (03 Feb 1968: 10); The Globe and Mail (25 July 1959: 29); Los Angeles Sentinel (02 Nov 1972: A3); Michigan Chronicle (04 Nov 1972: 1)	Created
William Allen Jones	First dentist in B.C. (1886) to be granted a license under the British Columbia Dental Act.	CBC; Quesnel Cariboo Observer; A Traveller's Guide to the Buildings of Barkerville; Barkerville and the Cariboo Goldfields; A History of Dentistry in Canada	Created
Donald Willard Moore	Civil rights activist and one-time dentistry student, fought to change Canada’s exclusionary immigration laws.	City of Toronto; Torontoist; Toronto's Historical Plaques; Barbados in Toronto; Donald Moore Canada	Created
Alfred Schmitz Shadd	Saskatchewan's first Black physician.	Saskatchewan African Canadian Heritage Museum; Dictionary of Canadian Biography; battlefordsNOW; Can Med Assoc J. 1977 Jun 4; 116(11): 1317–1319.; Yorkton This Week; Saskatchewan Council of Archives and Archivists; Saskatoon StarPheonix	Created
Theresa Nyabeze	Mining Engineer in Sudbury, creator of Diversity STEM, author of 'Underground! My Mining Adventure'	CBC; CIM Magazine; The Mining Association of Canada; Northern Ontario Business; The Sudbury Star; 100 ABC Women	Started
John Alleyne (dancer)	dancer, choreographer, past artistic director of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet	Canadian Encyclopedia;Arts Alive;The Dance Current;Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet; Royal Winnipeg Ballet	Created
Kevin Hewitt	Professor of Physics & Atmospheric Science and Chair of Senate at Dalhousie University, founding president of Imhotep’s Legacy Academy (ILA)	CBC; Canadian Association of Physicists; The Discovery Centre; Harry Jerome Awards	Not started
Bruce Johnson (pharmacist)	Canadian pharmacist, first Black pharmacist in Nova Scotia	The Chronicle Herald; The Dalhousie Gazette; Dalhousie University Alumni	Not started
Caribbean Cultural Festivities Association	Responsible for organizing Carifiesta in Montreal		Not started
Joseph Drummond	New Brunswick Civil Rights Activist from Saint John.	[1] Archived 2022-07-01 at the Wayback Machine	Not started
Natalie Wood (curator)	Black Canadian curator and multimedia artist	CV; John B. Aird Gallery; Akimbo;Church Street Murals; AGO; Artists in Canada record number	Not started.
Africville Museum	A museum and historic interpretation centre in Africville	Parks Canada; Africville Heritage Trust;Discover Africa in the Americas; #HISTORICPLACESDAYS; CBC news video;Atlas Obscura; About the museum; The Globe and Mail; New York Times; The Signal	Not started.
BAND (Black Artists Networks in Dialogue) Gallery and Cultural Centre	A museum: Black artists and cultural workers in Canada and internationally		Not started.
Nia Centre for the Arts	Canada’s first professional Black arts centre		Not started.
Black Loyalist Heritage Centre	A museum: Black Loyalist communities in Nova Scotia		Not started.
Saskatchewan African Canadian Heritage Museum	A virtual museum: people of African descent in Saskatchewan		Not started.
Canada Black Music Archives	Canada Black Music Archives		Not started.
Nobellum Enterprise	Nobellum is a social and technology enterprise with a focus on strengthening the Black business ecosystem. Our mission is to support Black youth and professionals to engage in entrepreneurship and innovation.		Not started.
African Impact Initiative	African Impact Initiative is an organization committed to building the future of our continent and its African diaspora; by empowering early visionaries to create sustainable solutions to our biggest challenges.		Not started
Marieme Lo (academic)	Marieme Lo is an African Studies professor at the University of Toronto who is also active in Women's Studies and Gender Studies.	Includes selected publications but still lacks sources about her.	Created by splitting an article about a different person with the same name.
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Existing articles

Articles listed below already exist on Wikipedia but might be improved by the suggested tasks.

Most articles were found from the List of Black Canadians (which itself could be expanded as a task).

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GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums)

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Article	Brief description	Suggested task	Sources	Status
Natalie Wood (curator)	Black Canadian curator and multimedia artist		CV; John B. Aird Gallery; Akimbo;Church Street Murals; AGO; Artists in Canada record number	Not started.
Eunice Bélidor	Black Canadian curator	Add more sources.		Started.
Julie Crooks	Black Canadian curator, researcher and instructor	Add more sources. Expand article.		Started.
Buxton National Historic Site and Museum	National Historic Site of Canada	Add more sources. Expand article.		Started.
Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia	A museum and a library resource centre that focuses on the history and culture of African Nova Scotians	Add more sources. Expand article.		Started.
Griffin House (Ancaster, Ontario)	National Historic Site of Canada	Add more sources. Add location to info box. Expand article. Add info on new refurbishments.		Started.
Josiah Henson Museum of African-Canadian History	An open-air museum in Dresden, Ontario, Canada, that documents the life of Josiah Henson, the history of slavery, and the Underground Railroad	Expand article. Add exhibits/programming offered by the museum		Started.
Africville Museum	A museum and historic interpretation centre in Africville			Not started.
BAND (Black Artists Networks in Dialogue) Gallery and Cultural Centre	A museum: Black artists and cultural workers in Canada and internationally			Not started.
Nia Centre for the Arts	Canada’s first professional Black arts centre			Not started.
Black Loyalist Heritage Centre	A museum: Black Loyalist communities in Nova Scotia			Not started.
Saskatchewan African Canadian Heritage Museum	A virtual museum: people of African descent in Saskatchewan			Not started.
Canada Black Music Archives	Canada Black Music Archives			Not started.
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Education

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Article	Brief description	Suggested task	Sources	Status
Jacqueline Beaugé-Rosier	Haitian-born educator and writer living in Ontario	Add infobox.		Complete
Afua Cooper	Jamaican-born Canadian historian, professor of sociology at Dalhousie University	Add "archives at" infobox.		Complete
Katherine McKittrick	Professor in Gender Studies at Queen's University	Add infobox.		Complete
Marie-Françoise Mégie	Physician, professor and politician (Member of Senate)	Expand article.		Not started.
Millicent Burgess	May have been the first black teacher for the Toronto District School Board	Add infobox.		Started
Richard Iton	Professor of African American studies at Northwestern University	Add infobox.		Complete
Black Studies in Canada	field of study	Expand section.		Not started.
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Film, TV & radio

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Article	Brief description	Suggested task	Sources	Status
Adrian Harewood	CBC Radio journalist and host	Expand article. Add infobox.		Started.
Alexis Mazurin	CBC Radio host	Add citations. Add more sources.		Started.
Andrea Lewis	Actress (Degrassi: The Next Generation)	Add citations. Add more sources.		Started.
Annmarie Morais	Jamaican-Canadian screenwriter	Add infobox.		Complete
Anthony Sherwood	Actor, producer, director and writer	Edit to be more neutral.		Started.
Ardon Bess	Actor (Heritage Moment, Trailer Park Boys)	Add more sources.		Not started.
Berend McKenzie	Actor (Catwoman) and playwright	Add infobox.		Complete
Charles Officer	Actor, director, writer and former professional hockey player	Expand "Acting" section.		Not started.
Cheril N. Clarke	Playwright of gay and lesbian romance, drama and comedy	Add infobox.		Complete
George Boyd (playwright)	Playwright and first black national news anchor in Canada	Add infobox. Possibly add headings for better organization.		Started.
Juliette Powell	TV host, producer and author; Miss Canada 1989, that contest's first Black Canadian winner	Add headings for better organization.		Complete
Kenny Robinson (comedian)	Stand-up comic, actor, and occasional DJ	Add more sources. Expand article.		Not started.
Kimberly Huie	Jamaican-born Canadian actress (Liberty Street, G-Spot)	Add infobox.		Complete
Lana Ogilvie	Fashion model	Add more sources.		Not started.
Makyla Smith	Actress (Queer as Folk)	Add more sources. Expand article. Add infobox.		Not started.
Marie-Ève Juste	Director from Quebec	Expand article.		Not started.
Marie-Évelyne Lessard	Actress (Fair Sex)	Expand article.		Not started.
Master T	TV and radio personality; Tony Young	Add headings for better organization.		Started.
Matt Galloway	CBC Radio personality (Metro Morning and The Current)	Add headings for better organization. Expand article.		Not started.
Nam Kiwanuka	Ugandan-Canadian television personality and journalist	Expand article.		Not started.
Natasha Eloi	TV and videographer; often seen on the Space channel	Add more sources. Expand article.		Not started.
Nicole Holness	TV host and R&B singer; was part of the Canadian girl group X-Quisite	Add more sources.		Not started.
Nicole Lyn	TV actress (Student Body)	Add more sources.		Not started.
Philip Akin	Actor/voice actor	Add more sources Intermission Magazine; Queen's U DAN School of Drama and Music; AgainsttheGrainTheatre; Black Shoulders Legacy AwardShaw Festival Theatre		Not started.
Rob Rainford	Chef and author; tv host	Edit for a more encyclopedic tone (more formal). Add headings for better organization and add more sources ifood; Prezi; Penguin Random House Canada; Taste & Sip Magazine (2012)Gusto TV		Started.
Roger Mooking	Trinidadian-Canadian chef, musician, and TV host (Man, Fire, Food)	Update articles from past few years.		Started.
Ronnie Rowe (actor)	Actor (Black Cop)	Expand article.		Not started.
RT!	aka R.T. Thorne Writer and TV director known for immersive visual worlds	Check for dead links & add more sources.ByBlacks.com; Toronto Life (2022)NOW Toronto (2018)		Not started.
Sharon Lewis	TV and film director from Toronto	Add infobox (merging with existing article- DONE). Perhaps add headings for better organization- DONE. Add TV filmography		Started.
Shawn Singleton	Actor and musician.	Add more sources. Expand article.		Not started.
Stella Meghie	Director and screenwriter set to direct Whitney Houston Biopic in 2022	Add infobox (merge current photo).		Complete
Sylvia Sweeney	Canadian executive television producer and Olympian	Add citations. Add infobox.		Started.
Thom Allison	Actor (Killjoys)	Add infobox.		Complete
Traci Melchor	TV personality (former host of The Social)	Add infobox (merge photo).		Complete
Tré Armstrong	Actress, choreography and dancer	Add to "Early life and education" and add sources.		Not started.
Trent McClellan	Stand-up comic based in Calgary	Add infobox.		Complete
Tyrone Edwards	TV broadcaster and entrepreneur, currently cohost of CTV's etalk	Add infobox. Add headings for better organization. Add infobox.		Not started.
Yanic Truesdale	Canadian-American actor (Glimore Girls)	Add more sources.		Started.
Selwyn Jacob	documentary filmmaker	Add infobox.		Complete
Sylvia Hamilton	documentary filmmaker	Add infobox.		Started.
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History

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Article	Brief description	Suggested task	Sources	Status
Baptists in Canada	Article about baptists in Canada	Expand paragraph about black baptists in Western Canada	[2][3]	Not started.
Black History Month	Annual celebration of Black history	Expand "Canada" section.	Government of Canada; Canadian Geographic	Not started.
Cato Perkins	Enslaved person who became missionary	Add citations.		Not started.
Edith Clayton	Basket maker, descendant of Black Loyalists	Add infobox. Add headings for better organization.		Complete
Ethiopian Regiment	British colonial military unit organized during the American Revolution	Add citations.		Not started.
Grand Bay-Westfield	Town in the western part of Kings County, New Brunswick	Add history of early Black settlers.	New Brunswick Black History Society
John Ware (cowboy)	19th-century Black Canadian cowboy	Add infobox. Perhaps add headings for better organization.		Infobox added. Need to better organize headings.
Matthew Bullock	Man accused of inciting riot who fled from US to Canada in the 1920s	Add headings for better organization. Edit lead (intro) to be more informative.		Not started.
Strathcona, Vancouver	Residential neighbourhood in Vancouver	Add more Black history.	Vancouver Moving Theatre	Not started.
Sylvia Stark	Noted African-American pioneer and Salt Spring Island resident	Expand article.	Sylvia Stark: The Canadian Encyclopedia; BC Black History Awareness Society; Royal BC Museum; Sylvia Stark, a Pioneer.	Not started.
Timeline of Alberta History	Summary of important historical events in Alberta	Add events related to Black history.	Heritage Community Foundation	Not started.
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Music

Performers

This list includes singer-songwriters, vocalists/rappers, instrumentalists, conductors, and theatrical performers.

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Article	Brief description	Suggested task	Sources	Status
Aquakultre	Soul and R&B musician	Add infobox. Add headings for better organization.		Not started.
Dione Taylor	Blues, roots, soul and jazz singer/songwriter from Regina	Add headings for better organization. Add more sources.		Started: added headings and citations, began editing grammar and removing personal opinions from the bio. The Performances and Awards section still needs editing and citations.
Divine Brown	R&B/soul singer and musical theatre performer	Add more sources.		Started: added 3 sources from Billboard, Words & Music, and Canadian Music Educator.
Erroll Starr	Juno-wining R&B singer	Add infobox.		Started.
Famous (rapper)	Ashton Bishop, rapper and radio broadcaster	Add headings for better organization.		Not started.
Gerald Eaton	R&B singer-songwriter and music producer; stage name, Jarvis Church	Add more sources.		Not started.
Haydain Neale	Juno-winning singer-songwriter from Hamilton, Ontario	Add more sources.		Started. Added 2 citations and fact about Jazz Opera.
Jemeni (singer)	Activist, writer, broadcaster and community worker; was born in Grenada	Add more sources.		Not started.
Justin Holland	American Classical guitarist	Expand information on his musical career.	New Grove	Not started.
Julian Taylor (singer)	Singer-songwriter, formerly associated with the band Staggered Crossing	Edit tone to be more encyclopedic. Add headings for better organization. Add more sources.		Not started.
Liberty Silver	Juno-wining R&B/soul singer based in Toronto.	Add infobox (merge with existing photo). Perhaps add a few more headings for better organization.		Started.
Marian Anderson	American singer	Add infobox.	New Grove	Started.
Mélissa Laveaux	Singer-songwriter and guitarist of Haitian descent	Add headings for better organization (consider moving content from lead to body).		Not started.
Moka Only	Canadian underground hip hop artist, Juno winner	Add more sources.		Started: added one reference from Canadian Musician.
Orin Isaacs	Guitar bassist, bandleader on Mike Bullard's late-night talk shows	Add more sources. Add infobox. Perhaps add headings for better organization.		Not started.
Portia White	Canadian singer	Expand discography to include individual tracks. Add more recent sources in the further reading section.	no Grove article	Not started.
Prevail (musician)	Juno-winning hip hop artist from B.C.	Add more sources.		Not started.
Rich London	Toronto rapper, cousin to Maetro Fresh Wes	Add sources. Expand article.		Not started.
Robert Owens (musician)	American songwriter, record producer, DJ, singer	Add photo. Expand biography to include different subsections.	no Grove article	Not started.
Salome Bey	American-born, Canadian musician, songwriter, record producer	Add citations. Add works list and/or discography if applicable. Expand article.	There is no Grove article for Salome, but there is a Grove article for her brother that has some information about Salome - New Grove	Not started.
Samito	Montréal-based musician, singer, and producer	Add more sources.		Not started.
Thrust (rapper)	Toronto rapper	Add more sources.		Not started.
Toya Alexis	Vocalist, singer	Add more sources.		Started: added four Toronto Star citations and edited Career history.
Archie Alleyne	Toronto jazz drummer			Started.
The Bohee Brothers	Banjo players of Caribbean descent			Started.
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Composers & researchers

This list includes classical, jazz, and religious composers, arrangers, conductors, and bandmasters. Also include here music educators, theorists, musicologists etc. Many of the listed persons also performed music, largely in a classical context.

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Article	Brief description	Suggested task	Sources	Status
David Baker (composer)	American jazz composer, conductor, and musician	Add internal links.	New Grove	Not started.
Charles Brown (musician)	American blues singer and pianist	Add more sources to the bibliography or suggestions for further reading. Expand discussion of his biography and career.	New Grove	Not started.
Mark Fax	Composer and music professor	Add info box. Add picture. Add work list. Add citations. Add sources.	no Grove article ; African Diaspora Music.	Not started.
Wendell Logan	American composer	Add info box. Add picture. Add work list. Add sources. Add further reading.	New Grove ; Cleveland arts prize	Not started.
Leslie Adams (composer)	American composer	Add infobox. Add work list. Expand the biography section. Add more sources.	New Grove	Not started.
Harry Burleigh	American composer, arranger, baritone	Add work list.	New Grove	Not started.
Anthony Davis (composer)	American pianist and composer	Add infobox. Expand biography. Add to work list.	New Grove	Not started.
Mohammed Fairouz	American composer	Add work list.	no Grove article	Started work list chronologically.
Gabriela Lena Frank	American composer and pianist	Add infobox. Expand biography.	New Grove	Not started.
Chiquinha Gonzagaa	Brazilian composer, conductor, pianist	Add work list.	New Grove ; Enciclopédia da música brasileira (Hathi Trust)	Not started.
Joyce Solomon Moorman	American composer and educator	Add infobox. Add picture. Add worklist. Add biography.	no grove article ; web site bio ; Article	Not started.
Shawn Okpebholo	American composer and conductor	Expand lead section. Add photo. Add biography. Expand remaining sections as appropriate.	no Grove article ; his thesis	Not started.
Robert Owens (composer)	American composer, pianist, actor	Add info box. Add picture. Add work list. Expand biography. Create separate career section.	no grove article ; U of Nebraska article	Started.
Florence Price	American composer, pianist, organist, teacher	Add musical example.	New Grove ; see :  imslp for musical examples (African rhythms for example)	Not started.
Roberto Sierra	Puerto Rican composer	Add infobox. Add picture. Add citations.	New Grove	Not started.
George Walker (composer)	American composer, pianist, organist	Expand music section. Add biography.	New Grove	Not started.
Shelton Brooks	Canadian-born African-American composer	Add picture. Expand early life and education section. Add to partial list of songs if possible.		Expanded early life and education section. Added to partial song list.
Alton Adams	Bandmaster and composer	Add archival holdings.	Center for Black Music Research	Complete
Anna Gardner Goodwin	American composer	Add archive info.	Center for Black Music Research	Complete
Dickerson, Roger Donald	American composer and jazz pianist.	needs article	grove	Finished draft, submitted for review
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More

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Article	Brief description	Suggested task	Sources	Status
Farley Flex	Music promoter, artist manager, and motivational speaker and TV (judge on Canadian Idol)	Add more sources.		Started: added 3 citations and edited Career section
Society of Black Composers	an African American composers collective, established in 1968 and dissolved in 1973.	Add biographical information		added archives, biographical info, citations, further readig
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Politics, law, public service & activism

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Article	Brief description	Suggested task	Sources	Status
Abraham Beverly Walker	First Canadian-born Black lawyer	Expand article. Add infobox.	New Brunswick Black History Society; Dictionary of Canadian Biography	started.
Brenda Paris	Politician and activist in Montreal	Add infobox.		Not started.
Bromley Armstrong	Civil rights leader and union activist	Add headings for better organization.		Not started.
Burr Plato	Town councillor for Niagara Falls	Expand article.	Niagara Falls Museum; The Blacks in Canada: A History	Not started.
Calvin Ruck	Activist and member of Senate of Canada	Add more sources		Not started.
Carol Wall	Social activist and labour leader	Add headings for better organization. Add more sources.		Not started.
Daurene Lewis	First black woman mayor in North America	Add citations.		Citations added.
Delos Davis	Third black lawyer in Canada and first black King's Counsel in the UK	Add infobox.		Complete
Dwayne Morgan	Spoken word artist, motivational speaker and organizer based in Toronto	Add more sources.		Started. Added more sources.
Firmin Monestime	Haitian-Canadian politician and medical doctor, who was the first Black Canadian elected mayor of a Canadian municipality	Add headings for better organization. Expand infobox.		Complete
Frederick Langdon Hubbard	Chairman of the Toronto Transportation Commission from 1929 to 1930	Add infobox.		Started.
Greg Fergus	Politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Hull—Aylmer in Quebec	Update political career section		Not started.
Ike Awgu	Lawyer and columnist	Add infobox.		Not started.
Jack White (politician)	First elected Black representative of the Ironworkers, and one of first CUPE national staff representatives from a minority background	Add citations.		Not started.
James Calbert Best	High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago; Canada's first Black assistant deputy minister and first Black high commissioner	Add more sources.		Not started.
James W. Douglas	Represented Victoria City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1875 to 1878)	Expand article. Add infobox.		Not started.
Jean Alfred	Quebec politician	Add more sources.		Not started.
Kim Katrin Milan	Activist, writer, multidisciplinary artist, consultant, and educator	Add infobox.		Complete
Lesra Martin	Lawyer, motivational speaker and writer; known for helping release of former boxer, "The Hurricane"	Add citations.		Started.
Lindsay Blackett	Politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta	Add more sources. Consider adding information related to Bill 44, as mentioned in Talk page.		Not started.
Margarett Best	Politician who represented Scarborough--Guildwood	Fix issue of this article being written too much as a promotional advertisement.		Not started.
Micheline Rawlins	First black woman appointed to the Ontario Court of Justice	Add infobox.		Complete
Rima Berns-McGown	Ontario political representative of Beaches--East York in Toronto	Expand article.		Not started.
Rob Davis (politician)	Politician; served on the York city council from 1991 to 1997	Add infobox.		Complete
Sonya Biddle	Politician in Montreal	Add infobox.		Complete
Uzoma Asagwara	Politician in Manitoba	Expand Article		Started.
Virnetta Anderson	Community activist and politician, Calgary's first Black Canadian municipal councillor	Add headings for better organization. Add infobox.		Complete
Yvonne Atwell	Hospital administrator and provincial politician. First black woman elected as a MLA in Nova Scotia.	Add more sources.		Not started.
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Religion

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Article	Brief description	Suggested task	Sources	Status
Cato Perkins	Enslaved person who became missionary	Add citations.		Not started.
Paul S. Morton	American pastor (born in Canada)	Add citations. Add more sources.		Not started.
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Science, engineering & architecture

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Article	Brief description	Suggested task	Sources	Status
Cecil Foster	Sociologist, biologist, novelist	Add infobox.		Complete
Georges Anglade	Haitian–Canadian geographer, writer and politician	Add more sources. Expand Infobox	[4]	Started.
Samuel Oboh	Architect/manager	Edit to be more neutral.		Not started.
Lisa Robinson (scientist)	Clinician/scientist	Add infobox.		Started.
Eugenia Duodu	Chemist	Expand on community involvement, awards.	2021 LSO Awards; Women of Influence	Not started.
June James (physician)	Pediatrician	Add infobox. Add more sources.	Celebrating Black History Month: Trailblazers in STEM; Noteworthy historical figures	Not started.
Miriam Rossi	Professor of pediatrics at the University of Toronto, pediatrician at the Hospital for Sick Children	Add infobox.		Complete
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Sports

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Article	Brief description	Suggested task	Sources	Status
Carlos Newton	Former mixed martial artist	Add more sources.		Not started.
David Defiagbon	Nigerian/Canadian boxer know as "The Dream"	Add citations at the end of sentences.		Not started.
David Joseph (basketball)	Basketball coach and former college player	Add infobox.		Not started.
Dwight Walton	Former basketball player born in Montreal	Add headings for better organization. Add more sources. Add infobox.		Not started.
Egerton Marcus	Olympic boxer	Add more sources.		Not started.
Emery Barnes	Professional football player and politician	Add headings for better organization.		Not started.
Gary Goodridge	"Big Daddy", retired Trinidadian-Canadian martial artist out of Barrie, Ontario	Add citations to "Kickboxing career" section.		Not started.
Glenroy Gilbert	Track and field Olympian	Add headings for better organization.		Not started.
Kirk Johnson	Former boxer	Add more sources.		Not started.
Milton Ottey	Retired high jumper	Add citations. Add infobox. Add headings for better organization.		Not started.
Nigel Wilson	Major League Baseball player from Oshawa	Add more sources.		Not started.
Ohenewa Akuffo	Olympic wrestler born in North York	Add citations.		Not started.
Paul Jones (sportscaster)	Sportscaster, with role in debut season of the Raptors	Add headings for better organization.		Not started.
Ray Lewis (sprinter)	First Canadian-born Black Olympic medalist	Add headings for better organization.		Not started.
Robert Esmie	Retired Olympic sprinter	Add headings for better organization		Not started.
Sherman Hamilton	Professional basketball player	Add citations.		Not started.
Tony Sharpe	Sprinter, Olympian	Add more sources.		Not started.
Trevor C. Williams	Retired basketball player	Add more sources. Add infobox.		Not started.
Wayne Yearwood	Former basketball player, Olympian	Add more sources. Add infobox.		Not started.
Latoya Blackwood	Former rugby player, 2014 World Cup silver medalist	Expand text. Add more sources.		Complete
Magali Harvey	Rugby player, 2014 World Cup silver medalist	Expand text. Add more sources.		Not started.
Charity Williams	Rugby player, 2016 Olympics bronze medalist	Expand text. Add more sources.		Not started.
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Writing & journalism

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Article	Brief description	Suggested task	Sources	Status
Aida Edemariam	Ethiopian-Canadian journalist, editor and writer	Add infobox.		Complete
Althea Prince	Author, editor and professor	Add infobox.		Complete
Amatoritsero Ede	Nigerian-Canadian poet	Citations needed, external links need to be revised		Not started.
Lawrence Hill	Canadian novelist, essayist and memoirist.	Add "archives at" infobox		Complete
Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo	Ivoirian-born Canadian poet and journalist	Add infobox.		Complete
Blaise Ndala	Writer of novels in French	Add infobox.		Complete
Cheryl Foggo	Author, director, screenwriter, playwright	Add infobox.		Complete
D'bi Young	Jamaican-Canadian feminist dub poet and activist	Edit to make it more neutral. Add citations.		Not started.
David Nandi Odhiambo	Novelist and writer, professor of Luo and Luhya descent	Better organize info under "References" section. Add infobox.		Not started.
Didier Leclair	Francophone fiction writer based in Toronto	Add citations. Expand article.		Not started.
Fil Fraser	Broadcaster, non-fiction author, film producer, film festival founder, public servant, and educator in Alberta	Add infobox.		Not started.
Jael Richardson	Writer and broadcaster	Add infobox.		Not started.
Kaie Kellough	Poet and novelist	Add infobox.		Not started.
Louise Uwacu	Writer and speaker born in Rwanda	Add sources and citations. Add infobox.		Not started.
M. NourbeSe Philip	Poet, novelist, playwright, essayist and short story writer born in Trinidad and Tobago	Add infobox.		Not started.
Mairuth Sarsfield	Activist journalist, researcher and television personality	Add infobox.		Not started.
Melchior Mbonimpa	Burundian-Canadian writer (writes in French)	Add infobox.		Not started.
Minister Faust	Kenyan-Canadian novelist, teacher, writer, and journalist	Add infobox.		Not started.
Myriam J. A. Chancy	Haitian-Canadian-American writer and a fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation	Add infobox.		Not started.
Nega Mezlekia	Ethiopian writer who writes in English, lived in Canada	Add infobox.		Not started.
Nerene Virgin	Journalist, actress, educator, author and TV host, (known for role on children's television series Today's Special)	Add infobox.		Not started.
Spider Jones	Journalist, author, and former amateur boxer	Add more sources.		Not started.
Téa Mutonji	Poet and writer born in the Republic of the Congo	Add infobox.		Complete
Tessa McWatt	Guyanese-born Canadian writer	Add infobox. Add to bibliography. Add headings for better organization		started.
Zalika Reid-Benta	Writer from Toronto	Add headings for better organization.		Started.
Judith Robinson	investigative journalist during the Depression and the Second World War	Needs citations		Not started.
Who's Who in Black Canada	website showcasing profiles of Black Canadians		Needs additional citations, improve/expand to demonstrate notability, rewrite to remove "advertisement" issue.	started
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Related task lists

Here are some related task lists by community initiatives (many centre on experiences in the United States):

• Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/Lists of Articles
• Wikipedia:WikiProject African diaspora/to do
• Wikipedia:WikiProject AfroCine/Article Suggestions
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Black history
• This is an open list. Please feel free to add your suggestions.